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The Formula One medical team works on Fernando Alonso at Spa last season. Photo by LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC

Silverstone medical boss Dr. Ian Roberts lands F1 job

January 16, 2013

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The FIA has named Silverstone chief medical officer Dr. Ian Roberts as the new Formula One Medical Rescue Coordinator.

He replaces American Gary Hartstein, whose contract was not renewed by the FIA at the end of last season.

Responding to the news on Twitter, Hartstein said “Congrats to Ian. Would certainly have been on my short list. Really good doc, skilled leader, great guy.”

Roberts reports to professor Jean-Charles Piette, the FIA's permanent medical delegate to F1, the job having been split into two since the late Sid Watkins was in charge of medical matters on race weekends.

The FIA says that Roberts “is a consultant in anasthesia and intensive care and a veteran HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) practitioner. He is vastly experienced in trackside emergency response and is best known within the motorsports community as the chief medical officer of the Silverstone Circuit.”